Ophiolites and the interpretation of marine geophysical data: How well does the ophiolite model work for the Pacific Ocean crust?

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 373, Issue , 2003, Pages 173-185

  McClain, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Crustal evolution; Ophiolites; Seismic interpretation; Seismic structure

Indexed keywords

LITHOLOGY; SEISMOLOGY; TECTONICS;

CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; DIFFERENT LAYERS; MID-OCEAN RIDGES; OPHIOLITES; SEISMIC INTERPRETATION; SEISMIC STRUCTURE; SEISMIC VELOCITIES; TECTONIC PROCESS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

CRUST; CRUSTAL EVOLUTION; GEOPHYSICS; OPHIOLITE; SEAFLOOR; SEISMIC STRATIGRAPHY;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 84870993971     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-2373-6.173     Document Type: Article

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